Drug Companies Increase Spending to Lobby Congress

[Forthe]

The PhRMA budget allocates $1 million "to change the Canadian health care system" and $450,000 to stem the flow of low-price prescription drugs from online pharmacies in Canada to customers in the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/national/01LOBB.html

Lobbying is totally fucked up. Its a sad thing that these groups have more control over our governments than it's citizens do. Hopefully these vultures don't get their way.

And stay the fuck out of Canada!

[kyoukan]

Unfortunatley the pharmaceutical companies in the states are completely out of control right now and will probably get away with whatever the hell they ask for. I think collectively they spread the most money around washington than any other special interest lobby group(s), so if they collectively want something done, it'll get done.

Unfortunately in a pure capitalist/free market environment even the government is for sale. This is why Americans pay something like 400% more for their meds than Canadians do, and the pharma companies are still turning a profit in Canada!